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Stampede Kills at Least 42 in India

Updated Dec. 18, 2005 5:00 a.m. ET

Associated Press

MADRAS, India -- Thousands of flood victims waiting in line for relief vouchers stampeded into a government-run distribution center Sunday in southern India, killing at least 42 people and injuring another 30, police said.

The stampede occurred after nearly 3,000 people lined up before dawn Sunday along a narrow street leading...